St Hilda's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Oldham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Oldham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Hilda's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oldham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Oldham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Hilda's CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at all 49 other Oldham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oldham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tilbury Street, Oldham, OL1 2HJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oldham
- Pupils on roll
- 377 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and settled at this school.”
- “They told inspectors that they are proud to be part of the school’s community.”
- “Pupils value the relationships that they quickly develop with their peers and with staff.”
To improve
- “While these changes have been successful, published data belies the strengths of the school.”
- “In 2023, pupils’ attainment in some subjects was significantly below national averages.”
- “However, in some subjects, the precise knowledge that pupils should acquire and how this should build over time is not clear.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 51% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oldham.
- Northmoor Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westwood Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Cross Ceva Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Richmond Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnley Brow Community School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beever Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bare Trees Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published